Navi Pillay

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3. Where Impunity Thrives

A climate of impunity reached a tragic culmination on November 23, 2009, when gunmen ambushed a caravan escorting political candidate Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu as he prepared to file papers to become a candidate for provincial governor in the Philippines. The attackers slaughtered 58 people, among them 30 journalists and two media workers, the largest toll of journalists murdered in a single act since CPJ began keeping track in 1992.

New York, December 3, 2013--The Committee to Protect
Journalists is gravely concerned by a new state secrets bill before the Japanese
parliament, which, if passed, would broaden the government's power to determine
which information can be kept secret.

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Dear Commonwealth Heads of Government: The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was set up more than 40 years ago with the aim of working together toward shared goals of democracy, freedom, peace, and the rule of law. In the past, formal meetings and private retreats at the summit have served as a platform for member states to discuss issues that affect all nations, such as apartheid in South Africa and the electoral dispute in Zimbabwe.

New
York, August 26, 2013--Five unidentified men entered the Colombo home of a Sunday
Leader associate editor and writerearly Saturday morning, held her
at knifepoint, and searched her home, according to news reports. The Committee
to Protect Journalists calls on Sri Lankan authorities to conduct a thorough and efficient
investigation into the attack on Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema.

On February 13, Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner
for human rights, said in her annual
report to the U.N. Human Rights
Council (UNHRC) that Sri Lanka's government has not taken enough steps recommended
by its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Although the
LLRC is seen as a flawed attempt to heal Sri Lanka after decades of fratricidal
conflict, last year the Human Rights Council adopted a U.S. motion calling on
the government to act on the LLRC's recommendations. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's
government ignored the resolution, but the Americans say they will make a similar
motion at this year's meeting of the 22nd session of the UNHRC, which opens
on February 25 in Geneva.

Campaigners from local rights activists to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay are urging Kyrgyz authorities to
review the case of Azimjon
Askarov, an investigative reporter and human rights activist serving a life
sentence in Kyrgyzstan.

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in
opening remarks at her press conference in Islamabad on Thursday, addressed a wide
range of problems in Pakistan, including those faced by journalists. (The full statement is on
the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.) What was
especially gratifying was her mention of meeting with human rights defender and
former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir at her
home--a
request we made on Tuesday of Pillay and E.U. Foreign Policy Chief
Catherine Ashton, who was also on an official trip to Pakistan.

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There is no better time than now for U.N. High Commissioner
for Human Rights Navi Pillay and EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton to
step out of their tightly planned schedule of meetings in Pakistan and make a
trip to the home of human rights activist Asma Jahangir.